{"id":1413,"date":"2024-08-28T18:10:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/?page_id=1413"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:22:54","slug":"multivariable-math-for-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/homepage\/multivariable-math-for-machine-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Multivariable Math for Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b48c28f5acfd5c6c5000f683e3489183\" style=\"color:#002856\"><strong>Syllabus<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texts<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester we will be using a linear algebra text for the majority of the semester but will supplement with material from other texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Primary Text: &#8220;Linear Algebra and it&#8217;s Applications 6th ed.&#8221; by Lay, Lay, and McDonald (A PDF of the fifth edition can be found online and has most of the same content.  I have also placed a physical copy of the fifth edition on reserve in the library.) Chapters 4-7 and some of 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supplementary Text:<a href=\"https:\/\/mml-book.github.io\/book\/mml-book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> &#8220;Mathematics for Machine Learning&#8221; by Deisenroth, Faisl, and Ong<\/a>, Chapters 1-5 and 7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supplementary Text: <a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/calculus-volume-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Calculus Volume 3&#8221; from OpenStax<\/a>, Chapters  2-4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9a1a8ad8d28649de8bb975357fb415d\" style=\"color:#002856\">Calendar<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a proposed calendar on the syllabus, but here I will record what we actually get through in each class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-adde027eeeaf6fc24779a0692c45d201\" style=\"color:#002856\">Assignments:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Material for assignments will be pulled from the text books, from some projects that go along with Lay&#8217;s text (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/30IM8gT\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"bit.ly\/30IM8gT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">projects from Lay are at bit.ly\/30IM8gT<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b72152fe5634ca5b96961c68b0f1cbae\" style=\"color:#002856\">Previous Semester Lecture Slides<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/Review_Vector_and_Matrix_Operations__Part_1____Slides.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/08\/Review_Vector_and_Matrix_Operations_Part_1_Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Review of Linear Algebra: Matrix and Vector Arithmetic (Fall 2025 Edition)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/Review_Vector_and_Matrix_Operations__Part_2__Slides.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/08\/Review_Vector_and_Matrix_Operations_Part_2_Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Review of Linear Algebra: Equations, Inverses, Determinants (Fall 2025 Edition)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/Bases_and_Coordinates_Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Review of Linear Algebra: Bases and Coordinates (Fall 2025 Edition)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/Eigenvalues_and_their_Kin_Slides.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/09\/Eigenvalues_and_their_Kin_Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Review of Linear Algebra: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (Fall 2025 Edition)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/10\/Inner_Products__Norms__and_Orthogonalization_Slides.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/10\/Inner_Products__Norms__and_Orthogonalization_Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orthogonalization, Regression, and Inner Products<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/10\/Symmetric_Matrices__Quadratic_Forms__and_Optimization_Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Symmetric Matrices and Basic Optimization<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/10\/Symmetric_Matrices_PCA_and_SVD_Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Symmetric Matrices SVD and PCA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/11\/Moving_Calculus_to_the_Third_Dimension_Slides__Lines_and_Planes_.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/11\/Moving_Calculus_to_the_Third_Dimension_Slides__Lines_and_Planes_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lines and Plains in Multiple Dimensions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/11\/Moving_Calculus_to_the_Third_Dimension_Slides__Limits_and_Derivatives_.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" 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Calendar There is a proposed calendar on the syllabus, but here I will record &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/homepage\/multivariable-math-for-machine-learning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1413"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2294,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1413\/revisions\/2294"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}